Abstract
The debate on democracy revolves around the importance of civil society participation and collaboration, specifically in local government; hence the need to create an enabling environment to facilitate the broad-based participation of citizens. This enabling environment is an essential prerequisite for the development of a relationship between the government and citizens and structures such as civil society organisations (CSOs). It speaks for itself that non-participation and political alienation have a detrimental effect on democratic governance and development. Despite this, very little research on the nature of political alienation and how it could be prevented has been conducted in the past two decades. This is especially true for African countries...
D.Phil. (Public Management and Governance)